American Masters

1986    90m    TV-14
Documentary, Biography, History,
8.2
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Since its premiere in 1986, this Emmy-winning documentary series has presented hundreds of hours comprising profiles of outstanding American cultural artists. Past subjects have included Charlie Chaplin, Helen Hayes, pop icon Andy Warhol, singer Billie Holiday, and Composer and Conductor Leonard Bernstein.
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38 Seasons
  • Specials
    Specials1 Episode
  • Season 1
    Season 112 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 210 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 38 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 410 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 58 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 69 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 73 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 82 Episodes
  • Season 9
    Season 94 Episodes
  • Season 10
    Season 105 Episodes
  • Season 11
    Season 115 Episodes
  • Season 12
    Season 126 Episodes
  • Season 13
    Season 137 Episodes
  • Season 14
    Season 147 Episodes
  • Season 15
    Season 158 Episodes
  • Season 16
    Season 168 Episodes
  • Season 17
    Season 178 Episodes
  • Season 18
    Season 188 Episodes
  • Season 19
    Season 198 Episodes
  • Season 20
    Season 209 Episodes
  • Season 21
    Season 219 Episodes
  • Season 22
    Season 229 Episodes
  • Season 23
    Season 238 Episodes
  • Season 24
    Season 248 Episodes
  • Season 25
    Season 259 Episodes
  • Season 26
    Season 268 Episodes
  • Season 27
    Season 275 Episodes
  • Season 28
    Season 2810 Episodes
  • Season 29
    Season 298 Episodes
  • Season 30
    Season 309 Episodes
  • Season 31
    Season 3110 Episodes
  • Season 32
    Season 328 Episodes
  • Season 33
    Season 3312 Episodes
  • Season 34
    Season 348 Episodes
  • Season 35
    Season 3510 Episodes
  • Season 36
    Season 368 Episodes
  • Season 37
    Season 379 Episodes
  • Season 38
    Season 383 Episodes
Cast of American Masters
  • Hillary ClintonSelf
  • Mike NicholsSelf
  • Gloria SteinemSelf
  • Scarlett JohanssonSelf
  • Goran VisnjicRobert Capa (voice)
  • Patsy ClineSelf (archive footage)
  • Maya AngelouSelf
  • Sidney LumetSelf
  • Oprah WinfreySelf
  • CommonSelf
  • Bill ClintonSelf
  • Jane AlexanderNarrator
  • Graeme MalcomJohn Muir (voice)
  • Denis O'HareEdgar Allan Poe
  • Kathleen TurnerNarrator (voice)
  • Peter FalkSelf
  • Billie Jean KingSelf
  • Peaches BartkowiczSelf
  • Rosie CasalsSelf
  • Margaret CourtSelf
  • Chris EvertSelf
  • Julie HeldmanSelf
  • Valerie JarrettSelf
  • Elton JohnSelf
  • Maria SharapovaSelf
  • Serena WilliamsSelf
  • Venus WilliamsSelf
  • Caroline WozniackiSelf
  • Lena HorneSelf
  • Gail Lumet BuckleySelf
  • Ossie DavisSelf
  • Alan KingSelf
  • Ricardo MontalbanSelf
  • Bobby ShortSelf
  • Liz SmithSelf
  • Dionne WarwickSelf
  • Joe WilliamsSelf
  • Luther HendersonSelf
  • Josephine PremiceSelf
  • Jonathan SchwartzSelf
  • Michael WrightSelf
  • Richard AvedonSelf
  • John LahrSelf
  • Mikhail BaryshnikovSelf
  • Graydon CarterSelf
  • Annie LeibovitzSelf
  • George ClooneySelf
  • Robert Downey Jr.Self
  • Kirsten DunstSelf
  • Whoopi GoldbergSelf
  • Mick JaggerSelf
  • Bette MidlerSelf
  • Yoko OnoSelf
  • Richard NixonSelf
  • Hunter S. ThompsonSelf
  • Susan SontagSelf
  • Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf
  • Jason SchwartzmanSelf
  • Chris RockSelf
  • Julia RobertsSelf
  • Mae WestSelf (archive footage)
  • Keith RichardsSelf
  • Candice BergenSelf
  • Anna WintourSelf
  • Margaret ChoSelf
  • Demi MooreSelf
  • Ringo StarrSelf
  • Jeanine BasingerSelf
  • Rona BarrettSelf
  • Molly HaskellSelf
  • Kathy NajimySelf
  • Elaine MaySelf
  • Steve AllenSelf
  • Tom BrokawSelf
  • Jules FeifferSelf
  • Richard LewisSelf
  • Steve MartinSelf
  • Arthur PennSelf
  • Jack RollinsSelf
  • Robin WilliamsSelf
  • Robin WilliamsSelf
  • Linda WilliamsSelf
  • Arthur MillerSelf
  • Dustin HoffmanSelf
  • John MalkovichSelf
  • Volker SchlöndorffSelf
  • Kate ReidSelf
  • Stephen LangSelf
  • Michael BallhausSelf
  • Rosamond BernierSelf
  • Paul PortelliSelf
  • Robert Penn WarrenSelf
  • Eudora WeltySelf
  • Fats DominoSelf
  • Clarke PetersSelf - Narrator
  • Dave BartholomewSelf
  • Alvin AileySelf (archive footage)
  • Carmen De LavalladeSelf
  • Rennie HarrisSelf
  • Masazumi ChayaSelf
  • George FaisonSelf
  • Judith JamisonSelf
  • Bill T. JonesSelf
  • Jason MomoaNarrator (voice)
  • Morgan FreemanNarrator (voice)
  • Clint EastwoodSelf
  • Dina EastwoodSelf
  • James GarnerSelf
  • William GoldmanSelf
  • Jack N. GreenSelf
  • Gene HackmanSelf
  • Curtis HansonSelf
  • Matthew AllisCarl Sandberg (College)
  • Itzhak PerlmanSelf
  • J.K. SimmonsEdward Hopper
  • Christine BaranskiJosephine Nivison Hopper
  • Isabel MayAlta Hilsdale
  • Steven YeunNaim June Paik
  • William F. Buckley Jr.Self (archive footage)

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